Professor Sean Hecht, co-executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, was quoted in Bloomberg BNA in an article about a pending trial court ruling that may order paint manufacturers to pay $1.15 billion to remove or abate lead paint hazards from hundreds of thousands of California homes. “If the court here takes a negative view of public nuisance, it could have a chilling effect on the public nuisance litigation,” asserts Hecht.